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A building that is 25 meters tall casts a shadow that is 6 meters long. At the same time, a tree cast a shadow that is 4 meters long. How tall is the tree?

(Freshman highschool math problem)

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God I remember when I had to that last year in 7th grade honors. I know you have to set up a proportion.

25/6. X/4. Find x and you get your answer
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